Display container



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` G. L. CONLEY DI SPLAY CONTAINER Filed Dec. 10, 1924 @www of compartments open at the frontonly,V

Patented 19, .1.926.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrica.

eAiaiiNiiaI L. coNLEY, or cHIcAeo, rLLINois, AssrGNoa To s'rANDAnD ou. c oiurANY,

or WRITING, INDIANA, A coiaroaA'rIoN or INDIANA.

DISPLAY CONTAINER.

Application led December 10, 1924. Serial No. 754,966.

To aZZ whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GARDNER L. CoNLEY, a citizen .of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county-of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement lin Display Containers, of which the following is a' specification. l

The resent invention relates to improvements in display containers, and will -be fully understood from the following descrip-y tion, illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which: f

. Figure 1 is a perspective 'view ofthe c ontainer from the front, the container being artl o en' p F ig. 2pis d detailed sectional view on the line 2 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 3 is a detailedsectional view on the line 3 of Fig. 1.

The carton or vdisplay case of Athefpresent invention is particularly1A intended .display of individuall articles, such as candles, and vis intended to provide; a secure container for the candles to be displayed, as well as means lfor facilitating then` display in association with one another without handling. 4

As will be readily seen from the drawing, the 'display container is of box-like form as shown at 45, completely closed ex-. cept upon one side (the front, as shown in the drawing), and the-top. A .plurality of transverse partitions 6 are provided, and one ormor'e vertical partitions 7 4may also be provided, thereby forming a plurality and upper compartments open both at front and on top. Longitudinally partitioned drawers 8 are fitted in the last named compartments, and similar drawers 9 are fitted in tlie other compartments. The

longitudinal partitions in these drawers2 all of which areopen at the top, form individual compartments for the candles 11 to be dis layed. The drawers 8 and 9 are of suc size that, when fullyinserted, they are flush with the front of the container 5.

To the front of thevbox 5 a flap 12 is hin edly secured by vmeans of a strip of flexible material which'may suitably be of fabric or paper. The mating edges of the or 'the flap 12 and of the bottom of 'the box 5 are suitably mitered or otherwise disposed so that the Hap 12 may be raised, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to lie against the front' surfacel of the box 5. The sides of the box 5 are provided externally' with a reinforcing sheet 5", and the flap 12 with a `similar reinforcing sheet [12?, these reinforcing pieces extending upwardly `from the bottom of the box for equal distances. Hingedly secured to the. back` of! the container 5 is provided a box-like cover 14, which ma be closedl down. Whenv so closed, its `ower edge rests upon the upper edge of the reinforcing strips 5 and 12a.

The `individual com artments in the drawers 8 and-9 formed by the lon` itudinal partitions 10 lare of such size t, at each securelyholds a candle 11. The candles in` 'the several drawers are preferably groupled together; for lexample, all of the can in drawer 8 may be of the same general style in varying color effects, and similarly for the candles in the otherdrawers. A

completedisplay for Aall'of the candles may be effected `by raising the vcover 14, opening the flap 12, and partially pulling' out the drawers 9., as, shown-for one'side of. the

Acarton in Fig. 1, By completely closing the container, the candles are securely protected.

As shown in Fi .1 of the drawing, the upper portion of t e sides and back of the container arey of relatively greater. thickness than the remainder yof the structure, thus adding to its strengthand preventing buckling intermediate its ends when being earr'ied in filled condition. In addition, these portions afford a ledge-likes. pearance and add to the attractiveness o the display structure as a whole.

I claim: l

A display container for candles .of boxlike form with van o en to reinforcing strips extending part y up t e sides of the container, partitions extending horizontally and vertically of the container and forniing compartments therein, drawers slidable in saidcompartments, the to tier of said drawers being artitioned to orm vcompartments for the individual articles to be dispie ed9 a cover hingedly seemed to the bex andyhaving depending# sides adapted te Tes on the reinforcing strips en the sides the box when the cover is eiosedl, n rontffmm ing member hinged 1b@ the uetaom ef the bex and adaped tebe turned up te elesefciie front of the box wifah is onkel free edge extending Within the eevei when she Mittei- Lewes@ is eesed, these pmiens of the upper side edges and the rear of the box being of relatively @eater thickness than the remainder of the @dy of the box whereby to give increased stengh use nhe structuie .and to enhence the attractiveness 'ofthe display.

GARDNER L. eeNLEY. 

